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Hillary and Donald
Two of the least inspiring, most unpopular US presidential candidates in … just how many years? To find candidates this weak we might have to go back as far as the 1850s, when Franklin Pierce…
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Międzymorze—between Wishful Thinking and Realpolitik
The Intermarium is a flagship concept of the Law and Justice Party. However, PiS has no monopoly here. What exactly does this concept mean and what arguments support it?
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Austria’s Freedom Party: Old Wine in New Bottles
Populism is deeply rooted in Austria’s political tradition, going back to the time of the Habsburg monarchy. Austrian populists targeted the Jews, and later foreigners or Muslims. Nowadays their main…
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Viktor Orbán: The Self-Nominated Future Leader of Central Europe—and Then Europe
Victor Orbán claims that Europe, lacking the capacity to defend itself, is doomed to collapse politically and can disappear culturally and ethnically. His recipe for preventing it is simple and…
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Turkey in a State of Exception
The 15th of July 2016 will join the collection of dates that stand for Turkey’s momentous turning points in recent history. Many of them are in fact military coups. What this botched coup attempt…
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Brexit: A Crisis of Politics, Not of Europe
Whoever believes in the miraculous power of institutional reform of the European Union as an antidote to the ills of Europe, he completely misunderstands the lesson of Brexit. The key dispute today…
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After Brexit
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Trump Has to Be Cruel
An Interview with Michael D’Antonio by Maciej Nowicki Voters are not in the least bit interested whether he is right or not. They want him to give them their true emotions. This pattern has been…
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Innovation—an Opportunity Central Europe Is Unable to Exploit
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Are the V4 Enterprises Ready to Join the Digital Revolution?
The “new member states”, being further from the technological frontier, must make additional effort to prepare for the digital revolution in order to remain in the game. A passive stance may lead to…